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• Adrianus Vos († 1972)
• Adriana Cornelia Philepina Speld, Vleuten († 1941)
• André Bastin, Parijs (F) 14e arrondissement († 1970)
• Adolph "Ad" Schilmoeller, Kenton County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Andreas Victor van Heijst, Tilburg († 1959)
• Alida Klasina Verstraete, Kampen († 1932)
• Albertus van den Bosch, Rijnsburg († 1978)
• Albert George Hargraves, Bromley, Kent. England († 1967)
• Aleida Maria Reintjes, Doornenburg, Nederland
• Albertus Cornelsz van den Bosch, Rijnsburg († 1978)

• Augustinus Hendricus Cornelis Maria Johannes Schel (0), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina Blom (0), Oud-Beijerland
• Oosterom (0), Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Boele Ytsma (0), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Knol (72), Genne, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Huigen (29), Leerdam
• Anna van Beek (86), Heenvliet
• Andries Quist (4), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Vink (66), Den Haag, South Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Wilhelmina Bronkhorst (76), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland

• 1884 » Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition († 1963)
• 1884 » Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic († 1966)
• 1886 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer († 1979)
• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)
• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)
• 1896 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet († 1933)
• 1896 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin († 1993)
• 1898 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1963)
• 1899 » C. S. Forester, English novelist († 1966)
• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)

• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Hendrika
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on August 27, 1893 was about 13.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.